Isaías 58
1 Clama a voz en cuello y no ceses; cual trompeta alza tu voz; denuncia a mi pueblo sus maldades, y a la casa de Jacob sus pecados.
[Yahweh said to me], “Shout loudly! Shout like [SIM] a loud trumpet! Shout to warn my Israeli people about their sins [DOU]!
2 Me buscan día tras día y se deleitan en conocer mis caminos, como si practicasen la justicia, y no hubiesen abandonado la ley de su Dios. Me piden juicios justos, y pretenden acercarse a Dios.
They worship me every day; [they come to my temple because they say that] they are eager to know what I want them to do. They act as though they are a nation that does things that are righteous, who would never abandon their God. They request me to decide matters justly, and they delight to come to worship me.
3 (Dicen): “¿Por qué ayunamos, si Tú no lo ves? ¿Por qué hemos humillado nuestra alma, si Tú te haces el desentendido?” Es porque en vuestro día de ayuno andáis tras vuestros negocios y apremiáis a todos vuestros trabajadores.
[They say], ‘We have (fasted/abstained from eating food) to please you, but you did not [RHQ] notice our doing that. We humbled ourselves, but you did not [RHQ] pay any attention!’ I will tell you why I did not pay attention. It is because when you fast, you do it only to please yourselves, and you act cruelly toward all your workers.
4 He aquí que ayunáis para hacer riñas y pleitos, y para herir a otros, impíamente, a puñetazos. No ayunéis como ahora, si queréis que en lo alto se oiga vuestra voz.
You fast, but you also quarrel and fight [with each other] with your fists. [Doing things like that while] you fast will [certainly] not cause [me] to hear your prayers [where I am], high in heaven.
5 ¿Es este el ayuno que Yo amo? ¿ (Es este) el día en que el hombre debe afligir su alma? Encorvar la cabeza como el junco y tenderse sobre saco y ceniza, ¿a esto llamáis ayuno, día acepto a Yahvé?
You [act as though] [IRO] you humble yourselves [RHQ] by bowing your heads like [SIM] [the tops of] reeds bend [when the wind blows], and you wear [RHQ] rough clothes and cover your heads with ashes [like people do when they are grieving]. That is what you do when you are fasting, but do you really think [RHQ] that will please me?
6 El ayuno que Yo amo consiste en esto: soltar las ataduras injustas, desatar las ligaduras de la opresión, dejar libre al oprimido y romper todo yugo,
No, that is not the kind of fasting that I desire. What I really want [RHQ] is for you to free those who have been unjustly put in prison [DOU], and to encourage those who are (treated cruelly/oppressed); I want you to free those who have been oppressed in any way.
7 partir tu pan con el hambriento, acoger en tu casa a los pobres sin hogar, cubrir al que veas desnudo, y tratar misericordiosamente al que es de tu carne.
I want you to [RHQ] share your food with those who are hungry and to allow those who have no houses to stay in your houses. Give clothes to those who do not have clothes, and do not hide from your relatives who need help from you.
8 Entonces prorrumpirá tu luz como la aurora, y no tardará en brotar tu salvación; entonces tu justicia irá delante de ti, y detrás de ti la gloria de Yahvé.
If you do those things, [what you do for others will be like] [SIM] a light that shines when it dawns. The troubles [that have been caused by your sins] will end quickly. Others will know about your righteous behavior, and with my glorious presence I will protect you from behind [like I protected the Israeli people when they left Egypt].
9 Entonces clamarás, y Yahvé te responderá; y si pides auxilio dirá: “Heme aquí”, con tal que apartes de en medio de ti el yugo y ceses de extender el dedo y hablar maldad.
Then you will call out to me, and I will [quickly] answer [and say that I will help you].’ Stop (oppressing people/treating people cruelly); stop falsely accusing people; and stop saying evil [things about people].
10 Cuando abras tus entrañas al hambriento, y sacies al alma afligida, nacerá tu luz en medio de las tinieblas, y tu obscuridad será como el mediodía.
Give food to those who are hungry, and give to people who are afflicted/suffering the things that they need. [Your doing that will be like] [MET] a light that shines in the darkness; instead of doing evil to people [MET], [the good things that you do for them will be like] [SIM] sunshine at noontime.
11 Entonces Yahvé te guiará sin cesar, hartará tu alma en tierra árida, y dará fuerza a tus huesos; serás como huerto regado, y como manantial de agua, cuyas aguas nunca se agotan.
[I], Yahweh, will guide you continually, and I will give you good things to satisfy you. I will enable you to remain strong and healthy. You will be like [SIM] a garden that is well watered, like [SIM] a spring that never dries up.
12 Edificarás las ruinas antiguas; levantarás los cimientos echados hace muchas generaciones; serás llamado reparador de brechas, restaurador de caminos para que allí se pueda habitar.
[Your people] will rebuild the cities that were destroyed long ago; they will build [houses] on top of the old foundations. People will say that you are the ones who are repairing the holes [in the city walls], and who are repairing the streets where people live.
13 Cuando te abstengas de caminar en sábado, y de hacer tú gusto en mi día santo; cuando llames al sábado (día de) delicias, (día) venerable y santo a Yahvé, dejando tus caminos, y no buscando tu propio placer ni hablando cosas vanas,
Do not travel [MTY] long distances on Sabbath/rest days, and on Sabbath days do not do only the things that you delight to do. Enjoy the Sabbath days, and consider them to be delightful. The Sabbath days are my holy days. Honor me, Yahweh, in everything that you do [on the Sabbath days]. Do not talk about and do things [only] to please yourselves. If you do all the things that I have just now told you to do,
14 entonces hallarás tu delicia en Yahvé; te elevaré sobre las alturas de la tierra, y te sustentaré con la herencia de tu padre Jacob; porque la boca de Yahvé ha hablado.
I will enable you to be joyful. I will greatly honor you; [I will honor you everywhere!] I will give to you the [blessings] that I gave to your ancestor Jacob. [Those things will surely happen because I], Yahweh, have said it.”
